10, Wang Yang, who was only 33 years old, became the acting mayor of Tongling City, Anhui Province, and became one of the youngest departmental cadres in China at that time, creating a new situation for the development of Tongling City. On June 4th, 199 1 1, Tongling Daily (later renamed Tongling Daily) published Gong Sheng's article "Wake up, Tongling", calling for "the tide of reform is surging, history does not allow us to sleep soundly in the planned economy, and we must emancipate our minds. In his televised speech, Wang Yang even fired at this cliche: "Some people are afraid of stealing chickens and dogs, but they are not afraid of poverty ... This happened three years after Wang Yang became mayor.